Packing-case



(No Model.)

. J. DAVY.

PACKING CASE. 1 No. 376,519. Patented Jan. 17, 1888.

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PACKING-CASE,

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,519, dated January 17, 1888.

Application filed July 26, 1887. Serial No. 245,386. (No model.)

of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cases or Boxes for Packing and Safely Shipping Demijohns, Bottles, and other Brittle Ware of like Nature with convenience and without danger of breakage, of which the following is a specification.

The cases heretofore in use for this purpose have been, first, those in which the demijohn or bottle has been so fixed as to render impossible its removal without breaking the surrounding'lcase or box in which it is packed or fixed, and without great labor; second, those in which the demijohn or bottle is held in position, after being placed therein, by a system of strings fastened to the sides of the box or case, from which it is impossible to remove the demijohn or bottle without untying, unfastening, or breaking the strings which hold it in position; again, in the first class the mode of fastening the cover of the box or case has been by means of thumb-screws, which require much time to adjust andtighten, while in the second class the lid is fastened by means of a hook and eye, which fastening is insecure and uncertain, inasmuch as the hook is apt to be displaced by very slight jolting and the lid to become unfastened.

The improvement which I have invented is designed to afford theutmost expedition both in packing and in unpacking, as well as the greatest security to the article packed, and will enable the demijohn, bottle, &c., to be removed and taken from the case without trouble or delay, and without injury to the case. It also affords an absolutely-secure mode of fastening and holding the lid or cover, which requires less time than the screwing process above referred to, and is quite as expeditious as the hook-and-eye system and much more safe. There will be no danger of the lids be coming unfastened.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 presents a perspective view of the case and of the interior of the lid, which is open. Fig. 2 presents a front view of the case with the lid closed and the fastener or bolt in position. Fig. 3

presents a cross-section of the lid transversely across the hole H. Fig. 4 presents a plan of the top of the case into which the lid fits. Fig. 5 presents views of the fastener or bolt; a, a side view thereof ready for insertion in staple; b and 0, views with arm bent so as to hold it in position and to keep lid firmly closed when inserted in staple.

My invention is as follows:

Like all other cases made for the same purpose, I have made mine of wood; but there is no reason why other materials should not be used in their manufacture.

The lid or cover is made thus: I take a solid board (if the box is of wood) of the size required to cover the box. To the side of this board which I design to be the interior side of the lid I fasten, by nails or otherwise, along its entire length, another board, B, of less width, in which I have previously bored a hole, H, of diameter sufficient to receive the top or mouth of the demijohn, bottle, or other article to be packed. For the better protection of the said article, I line with straw the bottom of hole Hwhen board B has been fastened as above. I then cut into two opposite sides of the boxsay front and rear, asin Fig. 1two grooves, G and g, of the same width as board B, and to a depth equal to its thickness, into which grooves board B will fit exactly when the lid is affixed to the box (which is done by means of hinges at the back of the box) and closed.

The box is made of the size that may be required to hold the article to be packed, especially asto height. When the demijohn orbottle is placed in the box, the cover being closed, the top or mouth of the demij ohn or bottle is found in hole H, and is held in position by it firmly without further interior fastening. In case the demijohn or bottle is too short to fit tightly into H@'. 6., if the box or case is deeper than the demijohn or bottle is high-I place in the bottom of the box mats of straw or other material sufficient to make up the deficiency and to cause the demijohn or bottle so to fit tightly. Thus when the cover is closed and fastened the bottle or demijohn is, by means of hole H, held securely in its place, and by means of grooves G and 9, into which board B fits, the lid cannot be moved, however slightly.

I close and fasten the lidby means of the fastener or bolt shown in Fig. 5, which may be made of any material, (I prefer iron,) and consists of two arms, 9' and as, which move on pivotp, said pivot being a rivet holding the two arms tightly together. Arm rhas at the end farthest from arm 00 an enlargement or bend larger than the opening of staple s, to prevent it from passing through said staple. To the front of the lid or cover I afiix hinge t, which corresponds with staple s. \Vhen hinge t has been closed over staple s, I pass the bolt or fastener through said staple, the arms being parallel as in Fig. 5 (a.) Vhen arm a: has been passed entirely through the staple, I deflect or move it from its parallelism with arm 1'. Arm

1v then projects both above and below staple s, and, being firm in that position, the cover or lid is fastened firmly and securely, and the case is ready for shipment.

It will be seen that in the method of fastenadapted to fit closely into the grooves G g, and

provided with a hole, H, to receive the mouth of the inclosed vessel, as and for the purpose specified.

J. DAVY.

\Vitnesses:

JOSEPH CARTRON, H. SITTENFELD. 

